Fur-pelt stretcher



. April 8 1924. 1,489,654

H. B. BEE-rz FUR FELT sTnETcHER Filed Jan. 31. 1923 BY 1- mx'lyj@ ATTORN YS.

Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

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HANS B. BEETz, or, sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Appncatiop mea January 31,1923. serial No. 616,053.

To all rw/Lom t may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, HANS B. Biinrz, a citizen of the United States,residingat the city and county of San Francisco and State of California,have .invented new and useful Improvements in F ur-Pelt Stretchers, ofwhich the following isa specification.

This invention relatesv to a fur pelt stretching apparatus.

It is the principal object of thepres'ent stationary and a slidingframe, 'which carry co-operating'pelt receiving racks, thesliding framebeing operable to expandV the racks land thereby to evenly stretch thepelts.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the followingdescription and illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the preferred embodiment of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view disclosing one of the stretchingracks with a fur pelt positioned thereon.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a section view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View in perspec tive of the sliding frame.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a fur peltstretching device comprising an elongatedframe 11. Secured to one faceof the frame is a plurality of projecting arms 12 which are spaced equaldistances apart.

The face of the frame upon which. the arms are mounted, islongitudinally channeled as at 12a. This channel or recess constitutes aguideway for a guide rail 14 of a sliding frame 15. This frame is fittedwith an outer bar 16 which slides on a guide bar 17 mountedlongitudinally of the main frame and secured along the lower ends of thestationary arms 12. Arms 18 form a part of the sliding frame and aresecuredy between the guide rail 14 and the outer bar 16. The arms 18 areidentical in form to the arms 12 and are mounted in the same plane.

The arms12 and 18 are arranged so that when the device is assembled,'the arms will bearranged impairs, each of which comprises an arm ofeach set.

The pairs of arms constitute fur pelt stretching racks and it isintended that the arms ofmeach pair be separated after a pelt has .beenpositioned thereon to stretch the pelt. For .thisl purpose, the mainframe is apertured as at 19 to provide' space for an adjusting screw420. This screw has a threaded through an extension 23 on the mainframe.. The lother `endof the screw is reduced in diameter and engages athrust collar 24 secured on theend. of the sliding frame. AIt isobviousthat byturning the screw lin one direction, the sliding framewill be forced along the main .frame in av directionv which willseparatethearms of the different racks.

In operation, the ends of the pelts to be stretched are stitchedtogether to form tubes. These tubes are positioned over the racks whichare in contracted position. The screw 20 may then be manipulated to eX-pand the racks to stretch the furs. When this has been accomplished, thescrew may be manipulated to permit the racks to be contracted so thatthe pelts maybe removed.

As described, the arms of the racks are maintained parallel whenseparated, thus evenly stretching the pelts. This is a considerableimprovement over prior devices employed for this purpose. These priorstructures comprised a jpairv of members hingedly connected at one end.The fur pelt was positioned over the rack thus formed and the free endsof the members were then wedged apart to stretch the pelt. This type ofrack did not evenly stretch the pel f While I have shown the preferredform of the invention, it is understood that variout changes in itsconstruction may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. Afurpelt stretching device comprising a framehavingV a stationary arm secured thereon and positioned at right anglesthereto, a second'arm slidable on said frame and positioned parallel tothe other arm, said arms constituting a rack over which a pelt .serportion 21 and a threaded end 22 which 1sy may be positioned, and ymeansfor forcing said movable arm along the frame away from the stationaryarm.

2. A ur pelt stretching device comprising a plurality of pairs of armsconstituting racks over which fur pelts may be positioned, one arm ofeach rack being stationary7 the other arm of each rack being movable ina direction at right angles to the stationary arms, and means formovingsaid movable arms away from the stationary ones simultaneously. Y

v3. A fur pelt stretching device comprising an elongated mainframe, armssecured to one acethejre/ofand extendingat right angles thereto, asliding framemount'ed or longitudinal movement. on the frame', arms'secured on the sliding frame cri-'operating withthe arms 0n. the, mainframe to form racks over which fur pelts may be positioned and means formoving the sliding frame along the main frame to expand the rackssimultaneously.

4. fur pelt stretching device comprising a main frame, a plurality ofarms xed at one end to, said frame. and extending substantially at rightangles thereto, said `frame having a guideway formed longitudinallythereof and in one side of; the frame, asliding frame having a guiderail slidably dis- 5. A fur pelt. stretching device comprisingV a mainframe, a plurality of arms fixed at one` end to said frame and extendingsubst'antially at right angles thereto, said frame having a guidevvayformed longitudinally thereofand in one side of the frame, a slidingframe having a guide, railslidably dis- Y posed in said guideway wherebythe sliding frame may be moved longitudinally of the main frame, armslfixed at one end to said sliding frame. and projecting at right anglesthereto parallel to saidk arms on the main frame, the arms on bothframes being disposed in thesame plane, and means for longitudinally,moving the" sliding frameA Within/lation to the main frame, said meanscomprisingl an adjusting screw one end of which is threaded through aportion of the main frame, the other end engaging the sliding frame.. jv Y. v

HANS B. BEETZ.

